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COMMUNICABLE DISEASES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - National Center for Infectious Diseases Food Safety Iowa Department of Public Health

EDUCATION

American Cancer Society American Heart Association American Lung Association of Iowa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Central Iowa Tobacco Free Partnership Iowa Department of Public Health Iowa State University Extension Medical Guides and Glossaries Medline Plus - Health Topics WebMD - (A-Z) Guides National Cancer Institute National Institute on Drug Abuse National Institutes of Health National Ovarian Cancer Coalition Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation World Health Organization

GENERAL INFORMATION

Des Moines, Iowa Treatment Centers Resources and other local public health services Iowa Public Health Information Iowa Women's Health Visiting Nurse Services Community Resource Directory

HEALTH PLANNING

Healthy Polk 2020 Office of the Surgeon General Suicide Prevention Advancing Suicide Prevention American Association of Suicidology American Foundation for Suicide Prevention National Strategy for Suicide Prevention QPR - Saving Lives Through Excellence in Education Suicide Awareness Voices of Education Suicide Prevention Action Network USA Suicide Prevention Resource Center Youth Prevention SOS Program Teen Screen Program Yellow Ribbon Int'l Suicide Prevention Program Youth Suicide Prevention Program

HEART ATTACK AND STROKE

American Heart Association - Cholesterol Information

HIV/AIDS/STDs

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - HIV Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - STD HIV Insite Iowa Department of Public Health - STD Program Iowa Department of Public Health - HIV/AIDS Program

HOME CARE AID SERVICES

Generations, Inc

LEAD POISONING PREVENTION

Environmental Protection Agency Iowa Department of Public Health - Lead Poisoning Prevention Polk County Lead Poisoning Prevention Coalition Lead product recalls All product recalls from Consumer Product Safety Commission

PUBLIC HEALTH NURSING

Visiting Nurse Services

ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH

Swimming pools, wells, septic systems, tanning and tattoo parlors, mosquito control, radon testing. Environmental Hazards Rap Live, Learn, Play - Children's Health Protection from EPA

AIR QUALITY

Air quality permits and inspections, burn permits, pollution complaints, rules and regulations Current Air Quality Index Chapter V Air Pollution Rules and Regulations

RESTAURANT INSPECTION

For questions/complaints regarding food establishments and regulations, permit renewals.

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